böyük

Azerbaijani
Other scripts
Cyrillic бөјүк
Abjad بؤیۆک

Etymology

From Common Turkic *bedük (“big, high”), whence also Azerbaijani böyütmək (“to raise”) and böyümək (“to grow”). Cognate with Turkish büyük etc.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bœˈjyc], [-ç, -j, -t͡ʃ, -h]
  • Hyphenation: bö‧yük
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Adjective

böyük (comparative daha böyük, superlative ən böyük)

  1. big
    Synonym: yekə
    böyük ev ― a big house
    böyük səhv ― a big mistake
  2. grand
    Synonym: ulu
  3. elder
    böyük qardaşım ― my elder brother

Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “all”): kiçik
  • (antonym(s) of “1”): balaca

Derived terms
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